Canadian Forest Service employee directory
Donnie McPhee
Forestry Officer - Coordinator National Tree Seed Centre
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
E3B 5P7
Tel.: (506) 452-4162
Profile
- Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 1993
Areas of Interest:
- Conservation of forest biodiversity, particularly genetic diversity
- Ecosystem services (the many benefits and services that nature offers, and the scope to which we as a people are dependent on them)and flood plain restoration
Current Research Projects
- Characterizing genetic diversity of natural populations of tree species for the purpose of developing gene conservation strategies; restoration of disease-free American beech (_Fagus grandifolia_) by identifying applicable methods for vegetative propagation and screening for genetic resistance
- Examining the expression of phenotypic traits in eastern hemlock (_Tsuga canadenis_)
- Studying the use of bur oak (_Quercus macrocarpa_) as a restoration species
Education
- B.Sc. in Biology (1989), University of New Brunswick
- M.Sc. in Forestry (2001), University of New Brunswick